LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The Southern Miss men’s tennis team fell to 1-1 on the season, dropping a match to New Mexico State at the UNLV Tournament.

The Golden Eagles took the early 1-0 lead in the match by winning two of the three doubles. Oscar Machuca (Cuenca, Ecuador) and Patricio Alvarado (Manta, Ecuador) defeated Jim Brouleau and Gustave Diep (NMSU), 8-3, at No. 2 doubles. Andrew Poole (Cape Town, South Africa) and Jan Burmeister (Kronberg, Germany) out lasted Roman Stoisavljevic and Eduardo Salas (NMSU), 9-7, at the No. 1 doubles to claim the doubles’ point. Diego Machuca (Cuenca, Ecuador) and Domagoj Anic (Zagreb, Croatia) lost to Arthur Surreaux and Stefan McKinney, 8-3, at No. 3 doubles.

In singles play, New Mexico State fought back to take the match, when the Aggies won five of the six singles. Strate Krstevski (Skopje, Macedonia) got the only win in the singles when he defeated Stefan McKinney (NMSU) in three sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, at No. 6.

At No. 1, No. 99 ranked Alvarado dropped his match to Stoisavljevic in a three-setter when he started to cramp late in the third set and lost, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-5.